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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-nforce2 b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-nforce2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e379e18 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-nforce2 @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +Kernel driver i2c-nforce2 + +Supported adapters: + * nForce2 MCP 10de:0064 + * nForce2 Ultra 400 MCP 10de:0084 + * nForce3 Pro150 MCP 10de:00D4 + * nForce3 250Gb MCP 10de:00E4 + * nForce4 MCP 10de:0052 + +Datasheet: not publically available, but seems to be similar to the + AMD-8111 SMBus 2.0 adapter. + +Authors: + Hans-Frieder Vogt <hfvogt@arcor.de>, + Thomas Leibold <thomas@plx.com>, + Patrick Dreker <patrick@dreker.de> + +Description +----------- + +i2c-nforce2 is a driver for the SMBuses included in the nVidia nForce2 MCP. + +If your 'lspci -v' listing shows something like the following, + +00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0064 (rev a2) + Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 0c11 + Flags: 66Mhz, fast devsel, IRQ 5 + I/O ports at c000 [size=32] + Capabilities: <available only to root> + +then this driver should support the SMBuses of your motherboard. + + +Notes +----- + +The SMBus adapter in the nForce2 chipset seems to be very similar to the +SMBus 2.0 adapter in the AMD-8111 southbridge. However, I could only get +the driver to work with direct I/O access, which is different to the EC +interface of the AMD-8111. Tested on Asus A7N8X. The ACPI DSDT table of the +Asus A7N8X lists two SMBuses, both of which are supported by this driver. |